<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyone else think that Carroll answering the cowbell question so enthusiastically is going to come back and bite us in the ***?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
Doh!! (cowbells)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A clearly non-MSU reporter asked him about cowbells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> He went on to say that he loved them, and that he "sure was glad that they were on our side." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He said that you could definitely hear them during the games and that it would be really loud if the endzone was bowled in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> The reporter went on to ask him how the fans sneak them in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I just feel like this is a hit piece waiting to happen, and the proper answer would have been "what cowbells?"</span></p>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I just feel like this is a hit piece waiting to happen, and the proper answer would have been "what cowbells?"</span></p>
if you have noticed like i have in the past 6--7 years during our suckitude, nobody, no team has complained about them. but diehard i would lay $100 on the table right now that if we start laying 7 to 8 wins a year consistently you will see the NCAA step in and other teams complaining.
That organization has abolished any and all noise rules. The SEC, however unamiously agreed to retain the rule a year or two ago. I'm fairly certain we are the only conference to do so.
As mentioned elsewhere, there has been no attempt to enforce the rule since the NCAA's action. It will certainly be interesting to watch.
As mentioned elsewhere, there has been no attempt to enforce the rule since the NCAA's action. It will certainly be interesting to watch.
Bigohh said:
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Just curious, because I really don't know the history of noise makers and I typically don't follow schools outside the SEC that much, but are there any other schools that use anything similar to cowbells? If not, that would explain why no other conference has addressed them.
everybody and their mother uses thunder sticks now - hell they even give them out at high school games. Wasn't there another SEC that used them some last year? maybe Kentucky?
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They might be alright for a basketball game. Never should they be used at a college football game. I hate the cowbells with a passion. They're annoying as hell. But I'd tell the rest of the SEC to go 17 themselves if I were you. It's part of your tradition and history. The conference should just drop the rule and be done with it already.
I don't know any SEC team that makes a big deal about them (seems like something Vandy would try), but UCF fans *tried* to use them at the Liberty Bowl and thought they had a good counter to the cowbells. Couldn't hear them, though. The cowbells were too many and too loud.
someonestolemyusernamedamnit said:
Exactly. I think Hoddy Toddy is annoying, same goes for Rocky Top, Pig Sooey, and I'm sure more that I'm forgetting, but I don't think they should be outlawed.</p>
I thought it was texas tech that had cowbells because of that video of the texas tech bell ringer.
http://www.whoomp.com/articles/44/1/Texas-Tech-Bell-Ringer-Video
Plus quote below from this link
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/110101/spo_aggies.shtml
"This year, the Aggies hope to quiet the Red Raider crowd and their clanging cowbells. Cornerback Jay Brooks isn't an admirer of Tech's fans."
Maybe texas does too I moved here about three years ago but have not been to a Big 12 game yet.
http://www.whoomp.com/articles/44/1/Texas-Tech-Bell-Ringer-Video
Plus quote below from this link
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/110101/spo_aggies.shtml
"This year, the Aggies hope to quiet the Red Raider crowd and their clanging cowbells. Cornerback Jay Brooks isn't an admirer of Tech's fans."
Maybe texas does too I moved here about three years ago but have not been to a Big 12 game yet.
Cotton Bowl the last time we played there. That would make you aware of the cowbell thing.
Edited to say: It was a cowbellorama, a Major Applewhiteorama, and a RickyWilliamsorama.
Edited to say: It was a cowbellorama, a Major Applewhiteorama, and a RickyWilliamsorama.
